praesaepe Latin · revision 34024

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la saepēs}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [prae̯ˈsae̯.pɛ]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [preˈs̬ɛː.pe]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''praesaepe''' ''n'' (genitive praesaepis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''praesēpe'', the spelling of inscriptions and most older manuscripts, as of Virgil.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary)

+ Feminine ''praes(a)epēs'' and neuter ''praes(a)epium'' also occur.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|prae-|saepēs|t2=hedge, fence]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus uses it figuratively of someone's own home: a man knows that, if he gets his way, the one he loves will be within his own stalls.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a stall or enclosure for cattle or horses, especially where they are fed;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Wiktionary gives enclosure, pen, fold.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) From Plautus on it is used figuratively of a person's own home or ground, and Cicero uses the plural of brothels, saying someone is heard of in brothels, in debauchery, at food and wine.^(OLD 2012) An inscription apparently uses it of a balustrade.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it manger, stall, crib.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of one's own stalls.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of brothels.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|stall]] for cattle or horses; an enclosure, pen, fold; a [[m|en|manger]], crib.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(figurative)'' One's own home or ground.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A [[m|en|brothel]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # Apparently, a [[m|en|balustrade]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[saepes|alt=saepēs]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}